We ’ re in a time where black seems to be the most popular shade for new motorcycles , so when the Hockenheim Silver metallic BMW S1000RR rocked up to KR Towers , it was a very pleasant breath of fresh air . While the colour is somewhat understated , the bright red RR logo has impact and leaves one in no doubt what you are throwing a leg over - a race-homologated sports bike that has been tweaked , honed and updated to near perfection . Launched in 2009 , the S1000RR was something completely new from BMW . The German bike makers had produced sporty boxer-twin models , but this was something so completely alien for BMW that most of us were dum-founded by it . The S1000RR was designed to take on the best sports bikes on the planet from Japan and Italy . And it did . No shrinking violet , the new bike ( in bright green no less ) was an absolute stunner .
A series of updates followed , with the 2019 model year being an almost completely new bike , the one you see here .
STACKED WITH GOODIES Yes , it looks great and the body work is certainly aggressive , cool and edgy with plenty of obvious aero work . I particularly like the way the brake and tail lights integrate into the rear indicators . It ’ s as though someone has already fitted an extremely slick tail tidy . All lights are LED . Our test bike didn ’ t have a pillion seat or pegs fitted , which seems logical to me . Sure , you could take a pillion on the RR . But , even a tiny hottie is unlikely to be comfortable for long , as it ’ s probably the least practical style of machine to put a pillion on . Although , that said , the very top spec model does come standard with pillion pegs simply because it comes with “ everything ”. Our test machine came with the Sport and
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